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ex·tir·pate       [ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -pat·ed, -pat·ing.
1.to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
2.to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair.
[Origin: 1530–40; < L ex(s)tirpātus plucked up by the stem (ptp. of ex(s)tirpāre), equiv. to ex- ex-1 + stirp- (s. of stirps) stem + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
ex·tir·pa·tion, noun
ex·tir·pa·tive, adjective
ex·tir·pa·tor, noun
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ex·tir·pate       (ěk'stər-pāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·pat·ing, ex·tir·pates
  1. To pull up by the roots.
  2. To destroy totally; exterminate. See Synonyms at abolish.
  3. To remove by surgery.


[Latin exstirpāre, exstirpāt- : ex-, ex- + stirps, root.]

ex'tir·pa'tion n., ex'tir·pa'tive adj., ex'tir·pa'tor n.
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extirpate

verb
1. destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" [syn: uproot] 
2. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" [syn: uproot] 
3. surgically remove (an organ) 

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Extirpate

Ex"tir*pate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Extirpating.] [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

Syn: To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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